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warningRisk: Hardening

Scanned:

Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-x64

latest

Top 1k

License: Permissive (MIT)

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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses

No license compliance issues

Secrets

No sensitive information found

Security

Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities detected

Hardening

22 misconfigured toolchains detected

Threats

Tampering

No evidence of software tampering

Malware

No evidence of malware inclusion

List of software quality issues with the number of affected components.

Policies

Info

Problem

Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) is a group of enhanced compile-time checks that report common coding mistakes as errors. These checks prevent the use of hard-to-secure string manipulation functions. They enforce static memory access checks, and allow only the use of range-verified string parsing functions. While these checks do not prevent every memory corruption issue by themselves, they do help reduce the likelihood.

Prevalence in NuGet community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

20 packages

found in

Top 1k

208 packages

found in

Top 10k

5.17k packages

in community

Next steps

It's highly recommended to enable these checks for all software components used at security boundaries, or those that process user controlled inputs.

To enable these checks, refer to your programming language toolchain documentation.

In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable this feature by setting the compiler option /SDL to ON.

Problem

Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) is a group of enhanced compile-time checks that report common coding mistakes as errors, preventing them from reaching production. These checks minimize the number of security issues by enforcing strict memory access checks. They also prevent the use of hard-to-secure string and memory manipulation functions. To prove the binary has been compiled with these checks enabled, the compiler emits a special debug object. Removing the debug table eliminates this proof. Therefore, this check only applies to binaries that still have their debug tables.

Prevalence in NuGet community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

51 packages

found in

Top 1k

499 packages

found in

Top 10k

14.01k packages

in community

Next steps

You should keep the debug table to prove that the SDL process has been followed.

To enable these checks, refer to your programming language toolchain documentation.

In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable this feature by setting the compiler option /SDL to ON.

Problem

Software developers use programming and design knowledge to build reusable software components. Software components are the basic building blocks for modern applications. Software consumed by an enterprise consists of hundreds, and sometimes even thousands of open source components. Software developers publish components they have authored to public repositories. While a new software project is a welcome addition to the open source community. it is not always prudent to indiscriminately use the latest components when building a commercial application. Irrespective of the software quality, the danger of using components that are rarely used to build applications lies in the fact that the software component may contain novel, currently undetected malicious code. Therefore, it is prudent to review software component behaviors and even try out software component in a sandbox, an environment meant for testing untrusted code.

Prevalence in NuGet community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

118 packages

found in

Top 1k

1749 packages

found in

Top 10k

656.38k packages

in community

Next steps

Check the software component behaviors for anomalies.

Consider exploratory software component testing within a sandbox environment.

Consider replacing the software component with a more widely used alternative.

Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.

Problem

Digital signatures are applied to applications, packages and documents as a cryptographically secured authenticity record. Signatures verify the origin and the integrity of the object they apply to. The integrity validation relies on the cryptographic strength of the encryption and the hash verification algorithm. If either of the two is considered weak by current standards, there is a chance the signed object could be maliciously modified, without triggering the integrity failure check.

Prevalence in NuGet community

100 packages

found in

Top 100

899 packages

found in

Top 1k

8997 packages

found in

Top 10k

755.66k packages

in community

Next steps

Create signatures with strong ECC key-length of at least 224 bits, or RSA key-length of at least 2048 bits, and use SHA256 as the hashing algorithm. While encryption key-length upgrade does require you to obtain a new certificate, the hashing algorithm can freely be selected during signing.

With Microsoft SignTool, you can specify the hashing algorithm using the /fd SHA256 parameter.

Problem

Control Flow Guard (CFG/CFI) protects the code flow integrity by ensuring that dynamic calls are made only to vetted functions. This mitigation is detected as enabled, but its effectiveness is impacted by unexpected function alignment. For optimal protection, guarded functions must be aligned to the 16-byte boundary. Any misalignment leaves a small window for the malicious code to take advantage of an improperly secured code flow path.

Prevalence in NuGet community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

14 packages

found in

Top 1k

140 packages

found in

Top 10k

1.79k packages

in community

Next steps

There are currently no programming language toolchain options to force proper function alignment. If this warning is issued for a file, it is likely that a future build, with some code changes, will make the compiler order the application code differently and eliminate the CFG coverage gaps.

Problem

Digital signatures are applied to applications, packages and documents as a cryptographically secured authenticity record. Signatures are made using digital certificates, which can either be purchased from certificate authorities or be self-issued. When a certificate is purchased from a certificate authority, the subject that requests it goes through an identity validation process. Depending on the certificate type, those checks can be basic or extended. Confirming the subject identity is a multi-step process, and the requesting subject can be mapped to its legal entity name only through extended validation of submitted documents. Extended identity validation typically costs more, and it takes longer for a certificate to be issued when this process is correctly followed.

Prevalence in NuGet community

100 packages

found in

Top 100

898 packages

found in

Top 1k

8984 packages

found in

Top 10k

754.38k packages

in community

Next steps

Consider the benefits of acquiring extended validation certificates. Operating systems tend to be more trusting of software packages signed in this way. Certain security warnings and prompts might also be automatically suppressed. This reduces the number of support tickets for organizations that opt to use extended validation certificates.

Problem

Operating systems allow multiple user accounts to coexist on a single computer system. Each registered user has identity information associated with their account. At the very least, user accounts consist of a user name and an optional password. In some cases, user account data may also include personally identifiable information. Extended personal information may include user's given and last name, their email and mailing address, personal photo and their telephone number. Financially motivated attackers may seek to collect personal information for purposes of selling the private data to a third-party. Malicious code that typically exhibits these behavior traits is commonly referred to as an information stealer. While the presence of code that accesses identity information does not necessarily imply malicious intent, all of its uses in a software package should be documented and approved. Accessing identity information is a very common behavior for software packages. One example of acceptable use for such functions is verifying that the active user has purchased a software license that allows them to run the application.

Prevalence in NuGet community

1 packages

found in

Top 100

31 packages

found in

Top 1k

461 packages

found in

Top 10k

9.49k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections as indicators of software tampering.

Consult Mitre ATT&CK documentation: T1033 - System Owner/User Discovery.

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List of software quality issues with the number of affected components.

Policies

Info

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

20 packages

found in

Top 1k

208 packages

found in

Top 10k

5.17k packages

in community

Next steps

It's highly recommended to enable these checks for all software components used at security boundaries, or those that process user controlled inputs.

To enable these checks, refer to your programming language toolchain documentation.

In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable this feature by setting the compiler option /SDL to ON.

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

51 packages

found in

Top 1k

499 packages

found in

Top 10k

14.01k packages

in community

Next steps

You should keep the debug table to prove that the SDL process has been followed.

To enable these checks, refer to your programming language toolchain documentation.

In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable this feature by setting the compiler option /SDL to ON.

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

118 packages

found in

Top 1k

1749 packages

found in

Top 10k

656.38k packages

in community

Next steps

Check the software component behaviors for anomalies.

Consider exploratory software component testing within a sandbox environment.

Consider replacing the software component with a more widely used alternative.

Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

100 packages

found in

Top 100

899 packages

found in

Top 1k

8997 packages

found in

Top 10k

755.66k packages

in community

Next steps

With Microsoft SignTool, you can specify the hashing algorithm using the /fd SHA256 parameter.

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

14 packages

found in

Top 1k

140 packages

found in

Top 10k

1.79k packages

in community

Next steps

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

100 packages

found in

Top 100

898 packages

found in

Top 1k

8984 packages

found in

Top 10k

754.38k packages

in community

Next steps

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

1 packages

found in

Top 100

31 packages

found in

Top 1k

461 packages

found in

Top 10k

9.49k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections as indicators of software tampering.

Consult Mitre ATT&CK documentation: T1033 - System Owner/User Discovery.

Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-x64

SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Security

Threats

SQ14140Detected Windows executable files compiled without following the SDL best practices while using banned string functions.Causes risk: misconfigured toolchains detectedhardening

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

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SQ14138Detected Windows executable files that were compiled without following the recommended SDL process.Causes risk: misconfigured toolchains detectedhardening

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

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TH30107Detected presence of software components that are rarely included by other public software packages.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

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SQ20119Detected digital signatures that rely on a weak digest algorithm for integrity validation.signatures

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

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SQ14123Detected Windows executable files that might ineffectively implement CFG vulnerability mitigation protection.hardening

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

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SQ20121Detected digital signatures that have not been performed with an extended validation certificate.signatures

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

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TH16126Detected presence of software components that can access user identity information.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

Next steps

Did you know...

SQ14140Detected Windows executable files compiled without following the SDL best practices while using banned string functions.Causes risk: misconfigured toolchains detectedhardening

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

Next steps

SQ14138Detected Windows executable files that were compiled without following the recommended SDL process.Causes risk: misconfigured toolchains detectedhardening

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

Next steps

TH30107Detected presence of software components that are rarely included by other public software packages.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

Next steps

SQ20119Detected digital signatures that rely on a weak digest algorithm for integrity validation.signatures

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

Next steps

SQ14123Detected Windows executable files that might ineffectively implement CFG vulnerability mitigation protection.hardening

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

Next steps

SQ20121Detected digital signatures that have not been performed with an extended validation certificate.signatures

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

Next steps

TH16126Detected presence of software components that can access user identity information.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

Next steps